Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

G. W. HARROP.

HAME FASTENER.

No. 396,653. Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UrricE.

GEORGE W. HARROP, OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

HAM E-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,653, dated January 22, 1889.

Application filed May 12, 1888. Serial No. 273,743. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE NV. HARROP, of Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in flame-Fasteners, which improvement is fully set forth. in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which reference is hereby made and had, viz:

Figure 1 is a side view of the two parts forming the hame-fastening separate. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same; Fig.3, a perspective view of the latch and adjacent end of the fastener; Fig. 4, a central longitudinal section of one portion of the fastener; Fig. 5, a central horizontal longitudinal section of the same, showing the two parts placed together; and Fig. (5, a front viewof the two parts in contact with each other, representing a modification.

The invention relates to hame-fasteners made, preferably, of brass, iron, or other suit able metal, or, if desired, of any other suitable material having the required strength, solidity, and durability. It may be embodied in and form constituent parts of the hames themselves, or it may be securely attached the one part of it to one hame and the other part to the other hame by any suitable and convenient means, or in any suitable and convenient manner; and the novelty consists in the construction of the several parts and in their combination as a whole, all as will now be fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents a section of the hame, or the line of the fastener which is secured to the hame. This is provided with an enlargement, B, horizontally and vertically, having at its forward end the opening 0, provided with a flaring mouth, D. The side of this enlargement is provided with a slot or groove, E, which. terminates at a point near the forward end and communicates with the opening 0. The rear end of this slot E terminates in a circular recess, F. A latch, G, is centrally pivoted in this groove E, the forward end of which is provided with ahook, pin, or bolt, H, while its rear end has a circular enlargement, I, so that it will lit into the slot or groove E, before referred to.

A spring, J, is interposed between the circular endl and the base of the groove E, so as to hold the latch normally in position with its outer surface even with the face of the fastening-piece 13. The latch G has its forward face, directly opposite to the projection of the hook 1-1, cut away or gained, as shown at K, and a finger, L, hinged to the pieceBby means of the screw M, serves as a catch for the purpose of holding the latch in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The other end of the por tion of the fastening device has an enlargement, M, or head, vertically and horizontally of the same dimensions as the body of the other piece, B, from which projects centrally a stud or bolt, 0, the forward face of which, at the end, is scarfed or cut away at an angle at P to correspond with the forwardly-curved or cut-away portion of the hooklatch G. A horizontal opening, Q,wl1icl1 is rectangular in the drawings, bu t may be round or of any other suitable shape, the hook, bolt, or coupling-pin of the latch being made to correspond with it and fit into it, is formed through this stud, into which the hook H enters when the stud O is placed in the aperture 0, as shown in Fig. 5. As in the case of the other half of the fastener, this part may be integral with the hame or adapted to be secured to the hame by means of screws through the holes R, or otherwise, as may be most convenient.

The catch or holder L may or may not be employed for the purpose of retaining the latch G in position, and the illustration, Fig. (3, shows the fastener without this addition.

For ordinary light work I prefer the form of the fastener shown in Fig. 6; but for heavy or rough work, or in case the spring J becomes weak, out of order, or is broken, the swinging catch or holder L may conveniently be used, and proves useful and effective in holding the pivoted hook-latch in position.

hat I claim as new is 1. The within-described hamefastening, consisting of the part A, enlarged at B and having the slot E, provided at its forward end with the opening 0 and flaring mouth D, and at its rear end terminating in the recess F, the hook-latch G, pivoted in the slot E, the spring J, acting on said latch, and the part N, having a central projecting scarfed and perforated bolt, 0, the several parts made and all combined in the manner set forth.

2. In a haine-fastener, the combination of the part A, having a pivoted holding-finger, L, and slotted, as described, and having the -hooked latch therein, said latch being cut away at K, combined with the part N, having stud O, perforated and scarifed, as described.

GEO. \V. I'IA-RROP.

Witnesses:

WM. P. HIGINBOTHAM, E. L. Soo'r'r. 

